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The Amp Hour · 8 Aug 2022 · 1h 06m · Episode 598

What this episode covers

Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss Jones's reverse engineering of a Banshee ultrasonic gas leak detector, focusing on its hazardous environment design and flawed LED display circuitry using 74HC164 shift registers. They explore the technical challenges of driving the display without proper current limiting and the decision to use a microcontroller or discrete logic for a replacement board. The conversation also covers the rise of RISC-V in the semiconductor industry, with Nordic Semiconductor hiring designers, and the state of IoT hardware, including critiques of Helium and news about Skywater's open-source ASIC efforts.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Skywater, Nordic Semiconductor, Meta
Products
Banshee, Fluke 87, Helium
Chips
74HC164, Raspberry Pi Pico

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